Overview:
Prysmian is seeking a
technically strong, detail-oriented engineer with a passion for collaboration and continuous improvement to join our Specialties, Industrial & Construction design team.
Reporting to the Design Engineering Manager, this role is at the intersection of
engineering, manufacturing, and customer engagement. You will transform technical requirements into manufacturable cable designs balancing performance, cost, and compliance while helping drive innovation across our product portfolio.
This is not just a design role. It is a
business-connected engineering position that influences product capability, plant efficiency, and customer success.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
Product Design & Execution
Develop and maintain cable designs, specifications, drawings, and data sheets
Translate customer requirements and industry standards into manufacturable solutions
Utilize in-house cable design systems (Cable Builder and/or Common Analisi) to generate BOM s and routings for manufacturing of Prysmian products at its facilities
Cost & Commercial Support
Generate accurate cost models for quotations and production
Analyze cost drivers and support benchmarking across facilities
Partner with commercial teams to deliver competitive solutions
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with manufacturing, operations, and commercial teams to ensure efficient execution
Support plant capability assessments and manufacturability decisions
Provide technical input to improve throughput, quality, and product consistency
Governance & Compliance
Maintain design systems, technical instructions (TIs), SOPs, and product data integrity
Ensure all designs comply with applicable standards (UL, CSA, ICEA, and others)
Stay current on evolving regulatory and certification requirements
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Identify opportunities to enhance products, reduce cost, and improve performance
Support new product development and experimental trials, including documentation and execution
Maintain strong operating knowledge of appropriate industry standards and including all updates as well as ICEA, UL, CSA and other certification listings
Prepare design documentation for factory level experimental trials/product development concerning new compound implementation and associated cable products.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor s degree in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience; foundational engineering knowledge is essential for interpreting specifications, understanding cable constructions, and supporting feasibility assessments.
2 4 years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment with exposure to technical problem solving, process understanding, or product related decision making.
Strong analytical, problem solving, and technical writing skills ability to evaluate multiple specifications, determine compliance, and document conclusions clearly.
Effective communication skills across all levels comfortable interacting with operators, engineers, product managers, and leadership to gather information and make informed decisions.
Self starter with the ability to work independently able to proactively reach out to others, ask questions, and collaborate to resolve gray area decisions.
Proficiency with Microsoft tools Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access; experience with ERP or database systems preferred for managing specifications and documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
Programming knowledge helpful for working with the back end of design systems; Java experience is beneficial for system programming tasks.
Experience interpreting complex specifications ability to analyze multiple industry, customer, and internal specs, determine the most stringent requirements, and assess compliance (Specification Engineering experience).
Experience resolving specification related issues such as evaluating whether a cable with deviations can still meet industry standards or customer requirements.
Leadership interest or experience potential to grow into leadership roles; ability to influence decisions and collaborate across functions.
Experience in a specification engineering role or similar background involving detailed technical documentation, feasibility assessments, and cross functional coordination.
Work Environment/Physical Demands:
Works out of a normal office environment with standard office equipment available.
Will be required to sit, bend, kneel, squat, use keyboard, read, write, and speak fluently.
Employee will regularly be required to lift and carry objects of 10-25 pounds as needed.
Employee will occasionally be required to lift and carry objects of 25-30 pounds as needed.
Employee will be required to work productively and cooperatively in a high-volume, fast paced, highly pressured environment and be able to respond efficiently and courteously to unanticipated problems and crisis.
This role is not typically exposed to adverse environmental conditions, except excessive eye strain and possible lifting injuries
When travel is necessary, will be exposed to typical travel environment and surroundings
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